AI Model Profile
Gemini 3.6 Flash
Gemini 3.6 Flash is a Google Gemini API Flash model. This profile describes the 3.6 release; Google’s catalog now includes newer Flash generations. The historical LANTERN comparison retains its original model and test dates.
Before you buy
Best for: Teams that need a very large context window across many input modalities at Flash-tier speed.
Price: USD API: US$0.75 input / US$3.75 output per 1M tokens
Included: Gemini 3.6 Flash is a Google Gemini API Flash model. This profile describes the 3.6 release; Google’s catalog now includes newer Flash generations. The historical LANTERN comparison retains its original model and test dates.
Main limits: These promotional Standard rates run through December 31, 2026; listed January 1, 2027 rates are US$1.50/US$7.50. Thinking output is billable where supported; grounding, caching and other tiers are separate.
What Kingy showed: Related coverage: Local AI Models: The Definitive Guide to Planning, Hardware, Setup, Installation, Model Selection, Testing, and Real-World Use. This review does not treat that article as a new test of this exact model, plan or current release.
Buying details checked 2026-10-23 with region and currency stated above. Historical demonstrations and the broader fact ledger keep their own dates.
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- Family
- Gemini 3
- Release date
- Unknown
- Status
- Stable
- Context window
- 1,048,576 tokens
- Output limit
- 65,536 tokens
- API
- yes
- Open weights
- no
- Local/self-hosted
- no
- Pricing
- Unknown
- Evidence state
- Recheck due
Benchmark Caveat
Benchmarks and provider capability notes are directional, not universal rankings. Results can shift with prompts, tool use, latency targets, pricing tier, safety filters, context length, and the workload mix a real team runs.
See the linked official model, docs, model-card, or pricing source for provider-published capability notes.
Best for
Teams that need a very large context window across many input modalities at Flash-tier speed.
Skip if
Skip if you need published knowledge-cutoff dates for compliance, or if a Pro-tier model is required.
Strengths
Google lists Gemini 3.6 Flash with a 1,048,576-token input limit, a 65,536-token output limit, supported function calling, and the broadest input modality set in this directory: text, image, video, audio, and PDF. Generally available.
Weaknesses
Google does not publish a knowledge cutoff for this model. Output is text only, and the rate card varies by tier and modality.
Agent suitability
Useful for agent workflows when the provider supports tool use, long context, structured outputs, or workflow-specific APIs.
Kingy AI take
Use this as a source-backed shortlist candidate, not a universal ranking. Re-check official provider docs and run a task-specific trial before production adoption.
Kingy AI Product Facts
Gemini 3.6 Flash
Current statusUnknown
- Company
- Not yet reviewed
- Primary job
- Not yet reviewed
- Audience
- Not yet reviewed
- Evidence
- Source-backed; coverage expanding
- Latest source check
- October 23, 2026
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Sources and checks
- Coverage
- 1 of 88 tracked fields currently verified
- Sources
- 1
Source-check dates apply to the tracked facts. Editorial updates elsewhere on this page may have a different date.
Plans and pricing units
Not yet structured in this Kingy record.
Where it runs
- Availability
- Not yet reviewed
Stack and integrations
- Model / provider dependencies
- Not yet reviewed
- Integrations
- Not yet reviewed
Data and regions
- Vendor data-use claim
- Not yet reviewed
- Vendor retention claim
- Not yet reviewed
- Regions
- Not yet reviewed
Launch and latest material update
- Launch
- Not yet reviewed
- Latest material update
- Not yet reviewed
Full Model Notes
Who should consider it
Teams that need a very large context window across many input modalities at Flash-tier speed. Gemini 3.6 Flash is a Google Gemini API Flash model. This profile describes the 3.6 release; Google’s catalog now includes newer Flash generations. The historical LANTERN comparison retains its original model and test dates.
Plan, price and billing scope
USD API: US$0.75 input / US$3.75 output per 1M tokens. Gemini 3.6 Flash is a Google Gemini API Flash model. This profile describes the 3.6 release; Google’s catalog now includes newer Flash generations. The historical LANTERN comparison retains its original model and test dates. Prices use the currency and billing term stated here. Where a numeric rate, region or current entitlement could not be verified, it remains explicit; no checkout was completed.
Limits that affect the decision
These promotional Standard rates run through December 31, 2026; listed January 1, 2027 rates are US$1.50/US$7.50. Thinking output is billable where supported; grounding, caching and other tiers are separate.
What the existing evidence shows
Related coverage: Local AI Models: The Definitive Guide to Planning, Hardware, Setup, Installation, Model Selection, Testing, and Real-World Use. This review does not treat that article as a new test of this exact model, plan or current release. Related workflow reading; not a demonstration of this exact product. Read the related article.
Sources and buying-review date
Buying review completed October 23, 2026. This is a source-based buying assessment. No paid product test, new generation, checkout or performance benchmark was performed. Vendor descriptions and historical examples remain distinct from independently measured results. The date does not renew the broader canonical fact ledger.
- Official source: ai.google.dev
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- Official source: ai.google.dev
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Earlier profile, sources and dates
This older record retains its original scope. Current buying qualifications above take precedence where terms have changed.
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Coding notes
Use official docs and live evals before selecting this model for production coding workflows.
Reasoning notes
Provider capability notes are useful but should be validated on representative prompts and tools.
Creative notes
Use a small creative test set before standardizing outputs for brand, media, or customer-facing work.
Research notes
Track release notes and model lifecycle notices because availability and aliases can change.
API pricing notes
Use the stable GA ID gemini-3.6-flash with medium thinking and tools disabled. Record response modelVersion and usage metadata. Only the paid tier is eligible: Google's terms state paid content is not used to improve products; verify project-level zero-data-retention eligibility separately.
License notes
Commercial/API terms apply unless the linked official source states otherwise.
Hardware requirements
Cloud/API model; local hardware requirements are not published as a self-hosted path.
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